We will be meeting on August 14 at 10:00 a.m. in the Rappahannock County Library’s Jamieson Room.
Snacks & Coffee will be available at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!
Click the following link to view the agenda: https://www.rappdems.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RCDC-81421-Agenda.pdf
Our second virtual auction, the 2020 Early Voting Kickoff Auction, starts September 18 at noon, the first day of early voting in Virginia. It ends 9/26 at 8 PM.
Donate your items here: http://rcdc.betterworld.org/donate-an-item
Let’s work to send Democrats to Congress and the White House in 2020!
The September RCDC General Meeting via ZOOM
Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
For the link and password, contact Mary-Sherman Willis at Chair@RappDems.org.
Tuesday October 29th
Last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you. Call 540-675-5380 M-F 8 am to 4 pm See https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/absentee-voting/ Email: vote@rappahannockcountyva.gov
Saturday November 2nd
Last day for in-person absentee voting. The Registrar’s office (262A Gay Street, Washington, VA) will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Saturday November 2nd
CANVASSING to GET OUT THE VOTE in Rappahannock! Morning and afternoon shifts, 9 am and 1 pm & Sunday November 3. Come to the Dems Office, 1047 Zachary Taylor Hwy, Huntly VA. Bring a cellphone. Questions? Contact Cathy Zimmerman: cpzimmerman@verizon.net or (703) 298-0371
The following article is courtesy of the Rappahannock News. Read full article on Rappnews.com.
We have final results in the race for Rappahannock County’s seat in the Virginia House of Delegates Democratic Party primary. Laura L. Galante has won by a wide margin.
The voting breakdown in Rappahannock:
| Tristan D. Shields Democratic | 100 | 23.64% |
| Laura L. Galante Democratic | 323 | 76.36% |
Rappahannock News contributor Patty Hardee reports the district breakdown:
Jackson: Shields 24. Galante 35 Chester Gap: Shields 9. Galante 4 Flint Hill: Shields 7. Galante 45 Stonewall-Hawthorne: Shields 15. Galante 54 Hampton: Shields 21. Galante 84 Piedmont: Shields 23. Galante 74
Absentee: Shields 1. Galante 27
And the district-wide vote:
| Tristan D. Shields Democratic | 728 | 29.91% |
| Laura L. Galante Democratic | 1,706 | 70.09% |
She will challenge incumbent Republican Michael Webert in this general election this fall. And the results of all of Northern Virginia’s primary’s are also in. Details from our colleagues at InsideNoVa here.